MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

C14500 Copper vs. 6025 Aluminum

C14500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while 6025 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C14500 copper and the bottom bar is 6025 aluminum.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
70
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 50
2.8 to 10
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 43
26
Shear Strength, MPa 150 to 190
110 to 140
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 220 to 330
190 to 240
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 69 to 260
68 to 210

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 210
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1080
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1050
550
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 360
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 94
33
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 95
110

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 33
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.9
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
8.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
1160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 36 to 85
6.0 to 15
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 21 to 300
33 to 310
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.2
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 6.8 to 10
19 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 9.1 to 12
26 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 100
54
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.0 to 12
8.2 to 10

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
91.7 to 96.3
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0 to 0.2
Copper (Cu), % 99.2 to 99.596
0.2 to 0.7
Iron (Fe), % 0
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
2.1 to 3.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0.6 to 1.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0.0040 to 0.012
0
Silicon (Si), % 0
0.8 to 1.5
Tellurium (Te), % 0.4 to 0.7
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.5
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15